How do you use Unfairness in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fairness or injustice, plus the exact meaning.
Unfairness in a sentence
Unfairness meaning
- The state of being unfair; lack of justice.
- An unjust act or situation.
Synonyms of Unfairness
Using Unfairness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being unfair; lack of justice. | An unjust act or situation.
- Useful related words include: fairness, injustice, misconduct, wrongful conduct.
- In the example corpus, unfairness often appears in combinations such as: the unfairness, unfairness of, of unfairness.
Context around Unfairness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unfairness
- In this selection, "unfairness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tackle, issues, obvious, falls and lies stand out and add context to how "unfairness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the unfairness of the and all the unfairness and tragedy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unfairness" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and agitating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unfairness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How does that amount to prosecutorial unfairness? (7 words)
Angry students building street barricades to protest society’s unfairness. (10 words)
But she questioned the “unfairness” when refugees from other countries are considered. (12 words)
However, as these sort of pendulums swing from one side to the other, as you will know, I think it’s swung very, very far in the direction of unfairness and not allowing people– and I’m not just talking about myself, but a whole lot of people. (48 words)
Despite all the unfairness and tragedy that life has thrown at Jack and Sarah, they have never faltered in their determination to defend their father’s reputation – and to achieve the things in life that would make him proud. (39 words)
They also had the problem of justifying all of the tragedy and hardship as well as the obvious unfairness so prevalent in their world, especially with one supreme, "perfect" deity supposedly watching over them. (34 words)
How does that amount to prosecutorial unfairness? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Benedict himself would have understood the unfairness – but also the importance of not sweeping the reality of the situation under the carpet.
Both sought and acquired power without being able to articulate convincingly what motivated them to seek it or how they would tackle unfairness and inequality.
But she questioned the “unfairness” when refugees from other countries are considered.
Davis Gates said the unfairness falls hardest on newer teachers with the fewest accumulated sick days.
Despite all the unfairness and tragedy that life has thrown at Jack and Sarah, they have never faltered in their determination to defend their father’s reputation – and to achieve the things in life that would make him proud.
He also said there was no unfairness to her to commit her to trial on theft charges, partly as it was a statutory alternative.
He recalled complaining about the unfairness of the old felony murder law at one stage in his brother’s case, before SB 1437, and having little success.
I’m running for the senate on three fundamental issues: unfairness in our economy, the challenges to our democracy and the threat to our planet.
On Saturday conference will discuss an important paper about tackling the many sources of unfairness in our society.
People cope with all sorts of sacrifices if the rewards seem worth it, but unfairness and broken promises are toxic to any society, human or otherwise.
The wellspring of Vorderman's outrage at unfairness lies in her background.
They also had the problem of justifying all of the tragedy and hardship as well as the obvious unfairness so prevalent in their world, especially with one supreme, "perfect" deity supposedly watching over them.
We believe every student who participates in this program will be equipped to become an upstander, one who sees something wrong, works to make it right and strives to combat injustice, inequality or unfairness.
Whether the court decides that Ottawa was within its rights to impose such guidelines, the unfairness is clear, and the resulting social harm is vast.
A cross-party committee called for greater transparency around the formula used to allocate funding to Welsh councils amid concerns about unfairness.
Angry students building street barricades to protest society’s unfairness.
As a consequence, “junk science” is routinely admitted, leading to incurable unfairness and even wrongful convictions.
For years, eloquent orators like Frederick Douglas and MLK expressed the harm of unfairness.
How does that amount to prosecutorial unfairness?
However, as these sort of pendulums swing from one side to the other, as you will know, I think it’s swung very, very far in the direction of unfairness and not allowing people– and I’m not just talking about myself, but a whole lot of people.
Common combinations with unfairness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the unfairness 21×
- unfairness of 18×
- of unfairness 13×
- unfairness and 12×
- unfairness in 6×
- and unfairness 5×
- or unfairness 4×
- unfairness when 3×
- unfairness to 2×
- obvious unfairness 2×